STRIKE ACTION TODAY AT INSTITUTES OF TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING CIT

03 February 2016

4 ,000 lecturers at the country's Institutes of Technology will go
on strike today in a row over cutbacks and staff levels.
CIT says it`s received notice from the TUI of a strike ..
All day and evening classes will be cancelled ,
and pickets will be placed outside the Institute ..
Unions say since 2008 the number of students at the Institutes
has increased by nearly 22 ,000 while the number of
lecturing positions has decreased by 550.
They also claim they're struggling to cope with cuts which have
stripped 190 million euro in funding from the system.
TUI President Gerry Quinn says students fully support the strike...